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Destiny Has 3.2 Million Daily Players a Month After Launch

"Pioneering something new is never easy. When we see the raw numbers, it’s easy for us to say that the destination was worth the journey."

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It has been a full month since Bungie and Activision launched Destiny, and while it has received its fair share of criticism during that time, the data proves that people are still playing it. A lot.

In a post to Bungie's official website, Community Manager David "DeeJ" Dague revealed that Destiny averages 3.2 million players every day. As Bungie revealed last month, these players' play sessions are still three hours long on average, even on weekdays. The average Destiny player also logs into the the game 1.8 times a day, and has played Destiny 20.9 times in total.

To put things into perspective, Bungie says over the past three weeks it has had more players online in Destiny that it did during the same span for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach combined. However, keep in mind that Halo 3 and Halo: Reach had single player campaigns that could be played offline. In Destiny, you have to be online, even if you're playing through the story alone.

"Your reactions and your opinions have helped us to make Destiny better over this past month," Dague said. "Pioneering something new is never easy. When we see the raw numbers, it’s easy for us to say that the destination was worth the journey."

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Too many destiny articles.... also why are so many people playing such a mediocre mmo? I guess console scrubs don't have much choice and will play just about any bad game under the sun on their 30fps crap boxes.


#MasterRace

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Nawww, a PC gamer is mad about having no exclusives to play while dealing with poorly optimised multiplats and indie garbage on Steam.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> pc has thousands upon thousands of exclusives you dolt

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@prats93 @Shelledfade1 Why do people keep saying PC has no exclusive. WoW, Star Craft, Guild Wars, Total War: Rome II, Civilisation, Company Of Heroes, Wild Star, Arma III, Command & Conquer, Dota 2, The Elder Scrolls Online, Hawken, Path of Exile, SimCity, Smite, Wasteland 2, Rift, Star Wars The Old Republic, Torchlight II, League Of Legends...........


Off the top of my head :)


Oh and the best versions of multi platform games. I own all three next gen consoles as well........

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This just shows the gaming companies that it is okay to strip a game of content and release it a broken shell of its former self. This is a trend that will continue with these kinds of numbers. Grinding and DLC's! Great!

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Destiny, Driveclub, and Dragon Age. The holy trinity of Gamespot revenue.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Dragon Age too? How so?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Or maybe they're just terrible writers. I'll stick to reputable sources like Edge magazine.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> And yet you're here.....


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